Chapter 006 Unreachable

Darrell

I walked out of the restaurant feeling satisfied. It was still 3:45 in the afternoon. I believed I gave Lilith enough time to get the pills. So I decided to meet up with Christopher to get the full details of his encounter with the server. I brought out my phone from my breast pocket and dialled his number. The call rang out. I dialled his number again and he picked up on the third ring. "What's going on, Chris? I told you to stay by the phone" was what I said when he picked up. 

"I'm sorry bro, I fell asleep," he replied. "So what's up? Any luck with the sedatives?" he asked. 

"Yeah, meet me at the armory in 2 minutes" I replied to him and hung up. 

I could have gone to his place to meet him but I did not want to be held up by his mother. The woman asks a lot of questions and it always gets on my nerves. The last time I went over to his place, that was the day after my mother was put in prison, Christopher's mother asked a bunch of questions that annoyed me to the point of leaving without seeing him. She asked me if she was guilty of what she was being accused of, and went ahead to ask what I thought her reason could have been for doing it, if she did do it. 

Even if I knew the answers to those questions, I would not have given them to her because it was really not her business. It is not like they were friends anyway so I felt she was just being unnecessarily nosy. She probably wanted the answers so she could have something to gossip about with her friends. I wondered why some people would always want to know what was going on in the lives of other people when they truly did not care. How about you focus on your own life and try to make it better. We all would be better off in this world if people just minded their business. 

I got to the armory and saw Christopher waiting for me already. At least he doesn't keep me waiting, unlike some people. I walked to where he was standing and shook his hand. "Talk to me," I said to him. 

"His name is Kingsley, he takes dinner to them at 7pm. I told him to call me at 6:45pm" he told me. 

"You spoke to him?" I asked him. 

"Yeah, I did. I was going to take his picture from where I was hiding but my phone battery died on me. So I had to improvise. It's better this way if you think about it. We now know when he will be taking the food to them and he's going to call us" he said, sounding convinced. 

He was right, but I had some doubts about the part of the guy calling us, so I asked him "what if he doesn't call us?" 

He tapped my shoulder reassuringly and replied "don't worry, he will" I relaxed a bit. "You said you had some luck with the sedatives. How did you go about that?" he asked me. 

"Lilith" was all I said and he looked at me with shock registered in his eyes. "She's getting us some of her aunt's pills; and don't worry, I made her promise not to breathe a word to anyone" I assured him. 

"I'm sure you did bro, I'm just surprised you asked her at all. I mean, I know you can't stand her so yeah, I'm a little surprised" he said. 

I don't blame him for feeling that way, he knows how Lilith is, especially around me. I knew he couldn't stand her either. "Well, it was a last resort, I had exhausted my other options and they yielded nothing" I told him. 

"It's okay. When are we getting the pills then?" he asked. 

"5pm. I'm meeting her at Nelly's to get them. Want to come?" I asked. 

"Nope, I'll pass," he replied instantly. "How are you holding up?" he asked me. I had to think about it before replying because I wasn't sure how I felt. Only thing I was sure of was that I needed to see my mother, so that was what I told him "I need to see her bro, I have to find out if she's innocent or not. I must see her tonight, no matter what". 

He pressed my shoulder gently and said "everything will be fine, Darrell. We're working toward that. Just take it easy" 

I tried to link my mother but I got nothing from her end. I did not know If she was shutting me out or if she was asleep at that moment in time. I tried a couple more times, but she remained unreachable.